Aşk-ı Memnu is a Turkish

Turkey

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 romantic drama

Romance film

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 television series produced by Ay Yapım Productions and originally broadcasting by Kanal D

Kanal D

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 between 2008 and 2010. It has been adapted from Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil

Halit Ziya Usakligil

Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil/Uşakizâde ) was a Turkish author.-Biography:Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil was born in Istanbul in 1865. He went to primary school and then attended the secondary school Fatih Rustiyesi in the same city. His family moved to Izmir in 1879. He completed his secondary education in Izmir...

's novel Aşk-ı Memnu

Aşk-ı Memnu

Aşk-ı Memnu is a Turkish romantic novel by Halit Ziya Uşaklıgil. It was first serialized in 1899 and 1900 in Servet-i Fünun, a leading Turkish literary magazine of the time.-Plot summary:...

, but takes place in the modern day instead of the novel's late 19th-century setting.

Story

Rich widower Adnan Ziyagil lives in a mansion on the shore of Istanbul's bosporus strait with his two children Nihal and Bülent, playboy Behlül, who is a distant relative, and the children’s nanny Deniz. When Adnan meets Bihter, a much younger woman, he suddenly falls in love with her. Bihter is also a socialite couple’s daughter and agrees to marry him thinking this as a form of revenge against her mother Firdevs who fancies Adnan. Despite opposition from Adnan's children and Firdevs, the marriage goes ahead. But then Bihter and Behlül start an affair which will have far reaching effects which lead to the effects that Bihter takes her life in the final scene of the show.

International broadcasts

ANT1

ANT1

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 also bought the rights of airing the series on WebTV XJTV (Dubbed in Uyghur language

Uyghur language

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) MBC+ Drama, MBC 4

MBC 4

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, Melody Drama LBC International

• Maghreb World: Nessma TV, 2M Monde
• Other Channels: CBC Drama, CBC +2

Main characters

Name	Actor/actress	Starring seasons	Episode count
Bihter Yöreoğlu	Beren Saat Beren Saat -Biography:Beren Saat finished her primary and secondary education at TED Ankara College after which she went to Başkent University to study Business Administration. While at university, she participated in the TV competition Türkiye’nin Yıldızları where she finished runner up...	1, 2	79
Behlül Haznedar	Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ Kivanç Tatlitug -Early life:Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ was born in Adana in southern Turkey. He has four siblings. The name Kıvanç means "pride" in Turkish and Tatlıtuğ is a portmanteau of the Turkish words tatlı and tuğ . Tatlıtuğ is of Bosnian ancestry. Kıvanç was sent to Yenice Çağ Private High School by his family where...	1, 2	79
Firdevs Yöreoğlu	Nebahat Çehre Nebahat Çehre -Early life and family:Nebahat Çehre was born as Hilal Nebahat Çehre on 15 March, 1945, in Samsun, a city off the Black Sea in northern Turkey. Çehre is of Georgian origin from her father's side, Izzet Çehre, who was a lawyer, and her mother, Müzeyyen, was a housewife...	1, 2	79
Adnan Ziyagil	Selçuk Yöntem	1, 2	79
Nihal Ziyagil	Hazal Kaya Hazal Kaya -Biography:Hazal Kaya was born in Gaziantep on October 1, 1990. Kaya attended Italian High School in Istanbul, and graduated in 2009. She currently continues her studies in Istanbul Bilgi University . Her parents divorced when she was 7 years old...	1, 2	79
Bülent Ziyagil	Batuhan Karacakaya Batuhan Karacakaya Batuhan Karacakaya is a young Turkish actor born in Istanbul, Turkey .Karacakaya played "Bülent Ziyagil" in Aşk-ı Memnu from 2008 till 2010.- Filmography :...	1, 2	79
Deniz Decourton (a.k.a. Mademoiselle)	Zerrin Tekindor Zerrin Tekindor Zerrin Tekindor is a Turkish actress and painter. In 1985 she graduated from the Hacettepe University State Conservatory, School of Theater. In that year, she began to work at the Adana State Theatre as an intern...	1, 2	79
Peyker Yöreoğlu	Nur Aysan	1, 2	79
Nihat Önal	İlker Kızmaz	1, 2	79

Supporting characters

Name	Actor/actress	Starring seasons	Recurring seasons	Episode count
Katya Melinkov	Ufuk Kaplan	1, 2	—	79
Hilmi Önal	Recep Aktuğ	1, 2	—	79
Aynur Önal	Zerrin Nişancı	1, 2	—	79
Beşir Elçi	Baran Akbulut	1, 2	—	79
Süleyman	Rana Cabbar	1, 2	—	75
Şayeste	Fatma Karanfil	1, 2	—	79
Nesrin	Evren Duyal	1, 2	—	79
Cemile	Pelin Ermiş	1, 2	—	79
Elif	Eda Özerkan	1, 2	—	29
Sevil	Gülizar Irmak	1, 2	—	17
Ahsen	Gülsen Tuncer	1, 2	—	79
Pelin	Burcu Yasa	1, 2	1	5
Melih Yöreoğlu	Münir Akça	1	1	2

External links

• Beren Saat Fansite
• Aşk-ı Memnu – Official Website
• Aşk-ı Memnu - Official Youtube Page